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DAX to create a Trend line?
- 8 years ago
Hi MarkSL
Just tested it out and the issue is with ALLSELECTED ( 'DateTable'[Date] ). It doesn't work as intended when you filter on a column other that Date, such as Month.
One possible fix is the change in red below.
I have restated your entire code for completeness.
That should work (tested a mock-up model at my end) but let me know if it doesn't
Oh, by the way, there is a "Combine Series" setting for trendlines that determines whether each series gets its own trend line.
Regards,
Owen
Estimated Sales = VAR Known = FILTER ( SELECTCOLUMNS ( CALCULATETABLE ( VALUES ( 'DateTable'[Date] ), ALLSELECTED ('DateTable') ), "Known[X]", 'DateTable'[Date], "Known[Y]", [SalesDaily2] ), AND ( NOT ( ISBLANK ( Known[X] ) ), NOT ( ISBLANK ( Known[Y] ) ) ) ) VAR Count_Items = COUNTROWS ( Known ) VAR Sum_X = SUMX ( Known, Known[X] ) VAR Sum_X2 = SUMX ( Known, Known[X] ^ 2 ) VAR Sum_Y = SUMX ( Known, Known[Y] ) VAR Sum_XY = SUMX ( Known, Known[X] * Known[Y] ) VAR Average_X = AVERAGEX ( Known, Known[X] ) VAR Average_Y = AVERAGEX ( Known, Known[Y] ) VAR Slope = DIVIDE ( Count_Items * Sum_XY - Sum_X * Sum_Y, Count_Items * Sum_X2 - Sum_X ^ 2 ) VAR Intercept = Average_Y - Slope * Average_X RETURN SUMX ( DISTINCT ( 'DateTable'[Date] ), Intercept + Slope * 'DateTable'[Date] )
Hi MarkSL
Just tested it out and the issue is with ALLSELECTED ( 'DateTable'[Date] ). It doesn't work as intended when you filter on a column other that Date, such as Month.
One possible fix is the change in red below.
I have restated your entire code for completeness.
That should work (tested a mock-up model at my end) but let me know if it doesn't
Oh, by the way, there is a "Combine Series" setting for trendlines that determines whether each series gets its own trend line.
Regards,
Owen
Estimated Sales =
VAR Known =
FILTER (
SELECTCOLUMNS (
CALCULATETABLE ( VALUES ( 'DateTable'[Date] ), ALLSELECTED ('DateTable') ),
"Known[X]", 'DateTable'[Date],
"Known[Y]", [SalesDaily2]
),
AND ( NOT ( ISBLANK ( Known[X] ) ), NOT ( ISBLANK ( Known[Y] ) ) )
)
VAR Count_Items =
COUNTROWS ( Known )
VAR Sum_X =
SUMX ( Known, Known[X] )
VAR Sum_X2 =
SUMX ( Known, Known[X] ^ 2 )
VAR Sum_Y =
SUMX ( Known, Known[Y] )
VAR Sum_XY =
SUMX ( Known, Known[X] * Known[Y] )
VAR Average_X =
AVERAGEX ( Known, Known[X] )
VAR Average_Y =
AVERAGEX ( Known, Known[Y] )
VAR Slope =
DIVIDE (
Count_Items * Sum_XY - Sum_X * Sum_Y,
Count_Items * Sum_X2 - Sum_X ^ 2
)
VAR Intercept = Average_Y
- Slope * Average_X
RETURN
SUMX ( DISTINCT ( 'DateTable'[Date] ),
Intercept + Slope * 'DateTable'[Date]
)Hi Owen,
I know this is an old thread, but I found this solution very interesting.
However, I am haveing issues changing above code, to account for the X-axis being in text format, for example YearMonth (YYYY-MM).
Any chance you have an idea how to accomplish this?
Any help would be highly appreciated,
Espen
- OwenAuger3 years ago
Super User
I'm sorry, this is a very late reply to your reply 😓
If you are dealing with YearMonth as a text column, I would sugget adding a YearMonth index to your Date table and using that instead.
To illustrate in DAX, the formula would be something like:
YearMonth Index = YEAR ( 'Date'[Date] ) * 12 + MONTH ( 'Date'[Date] ) - 1The reason for subtracting one is that the Year or Month can be recovered from the Index using integer division or the modulo operator.
This index increases by one for each month, so can be used in the regression calculation.
Regards,
Owen